Counter-bracket.



A. G. BECK.

COUNTER BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1911.

1,094,812, Patented Apr 28,1914.

plate glass. result, the essential feature to be avoided UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMZI G. BECK, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OSCAR M. WOLFE, OF CH ICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COUNTER-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Application filed uly 27, 1911. Serial No."640,951.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, AMzI G. BECK, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at C- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Counter-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved type of counter bracket and relates particularly to the type of counter bracket which is applicable to practically any counter and is of substantially L-shape, being constructed to f. removably clamp upon any counter.

The aim of in invention is to rovide a counter bracket of such structure that a 3 show-case structure may be applied to a counter without boring the glass and in the simplest and most feasible manner.

More particularly, the present device has for its purpose to provide a counter bracket 1 equally adapted for theconstruction of a show case of single-thick, double-thick or In the effectuation of such a is the necessity for placing the lights of glass within the brackets by a. sliding action. This is particularly true in the application of single-thick and double-thick glass, since it is well known that all single-thick and double-thick glass is of a slightly concavoconvex form. However, practical workers in the art, will also appreciate the great drawback in the construction of a show-case of this nature when it 1s necessary to slide,

even plate glass into the brackets.

My invention therefore resides in the provision of a bracket having a table shelf structure for the reception of the glass and complemental clamping strips which are independent of such table shelves, but may be clamped into any complemental relation therewith, depending upon the kind of glass used in the construction of the show case.

More specifically, my invention resides in a peculiar cooperation of the table shelf structure with its clamping strip and the yoke member for securing the bracket to the counter.

The preferred form of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in whlch snnllar characters of reference desig- 1 nuts corresponding parts, and in wh1ch Figure 1 is a perspective view of my -T counter bracket and clamping strips in assembled position and showing the clamping action upon the glass, Fig. 2 is a section. 1

taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The bracket is shown as comprising a standard 1, a top member 2 and a base 3 flat upon its under surface and adapted to cooperate with an arm or yoke 4 carrying a pierced socket 5 and a nut 6 threaded therein and prevented from turning by a conformative depression 7. Operating in this threaded nut 6 is a screw 8 which may be adjusted by rotation'to clamp any object, such as a counter, against the base 3 of the standard 2. The standard and top members are provided at determinate intervals with enlargements 11. Formed upon the outer sides of said standard and top are table shelves 9 and 10, which are provided with threaded sockets extending into said enlargements 11 upon the top 2 and into the body of the standard 1.

For complemental clamping action with the table shelf 9, there is provided a strip 12 having its lower end bifurcated as at 13 to embrace the yoke 1 and constructedfor the reception of screws or screw bolts 1 1 which pass between the meeting ends of the lights of glass and into the threaded sockets in the standard. Adapted for disposition upon the table shelf 10, is a clamping strip 15 desirably provided with holes properly spaced for the reception of screws or screw bolts 16. This strip 15 is further desirably formed with its rear end downwardly turned as at 17 to prevent accidental rearward movement of the glass and at its forwardend with downwardly turned portions 18 overlapping the end of the glass plate. I desirably use some form of packing as at '19, which may be in the form'of felt caused to adhere to the surfaces with which the glass is to contact upon the brackets and their clamping strips.

It will be seen that I have provided a structure of counter bracket wherein, by the utilization of a table shelf structure throughout, 1 am enabled to utilize practically any type of glass at present on the market and to assemble the structure of show case by simply placing the meeting ends of the glass upon the table shelves of the brackets and applying the clamping strips in their proper position. The screws or screw bolts 14 and 16 may then be tightened to any desired position.

I further desirably provide an internally threaded socket 20 in the rear end of the top member 2 for the reception of a screw which may be attached therein to clamp a track of some form or other for the application of sliding door members of screen or glass.

What I claim, is

The combination with a supporting member of a bracket for supporting glass panels adjacent to the edge of said supporting member, a clamping member adjustably mounted on the outer face of said bracket and adapted to engage the edges of adjacent panels between said member and face, bolts located between said panels for securing said clamping member, and a yoke integral on said bracket for securing said bracket to said supporting member, said yoke having its upper part cut away to form a web of the same thickness as said bolts and providing parallel shoulders adapted to coact with said bolts for abutting spacing the edges of said panels, said clamping member being slotted to fit the shoulders on said yoke. A

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMZI G. RECK.

Witnesses: I

WALTER E. S. Boon, EDWIN T. Conem'r. 

